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Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
Nikita Chapman
NURS-FPX4010
Capella University
October 24, 2020
Interview Summary
I interviewed a nurse working in the surgery and transplantation department at the national healthcare facility, and the outcomes of the interview were shocking. There were appalling statistics on the incidence of medical errors within the healthcare facility. The nurse plays a role in caring for patients who are donating or receiving organs; she helps in every phase of tissue and organ donation, prepares patients for transplantation, and educates them on the procedure, the projected recovery, and related risks. She recounted the increase in medical errors at the surgical and transplantation department despite the effort they put into ensuring patient safety. She said a rise in the mortality rate due to errors such as ABO incompatibility, HIV transmission, HBV, and HCV transmission. These reveal that there is an urgency in doing something apart from strict observance of standard precautions.
In addition to deaths due to medical errors, she also mentioned that many patients experienced adverse events, which harmed the graft's survival in transplant patients. There is an increase in deaths due to medical errors during surgery, and transplantation calls for all healthcare professionals to collaborate to implement evidence-based practices. The nurse said that the issue had been raised before, and things changed for a short period before becoming worse. She added that collaboration within the health facility had not been that good. Organizational collaboration culture is fundamental because different healthcare providers working as a team will contribute their different knowledge, wisdom, and experiences that are necessary to guarantee patient safety and outcome.
From the interview, medical errors are the primary issue that requires an evidence-based interdisciplinary approach to work as a team to develop strategies that can reduce and do away with medical errors. Medical errors mainly occur due to a breakdown in communication among the healthcare workers, and interdisciplinary collaboration is a vital way of easing communication between the healthcare workers in the clinical practice.
Change Theories that Could Lead to an Interdisciplinary Solution
Using Lewin’s change theory would help lead to an interdisciplinary solution. The theory is based on the unfreezing-change-refreeze model and has three primary concepts, i.e., driving force, restraining forces, and equilibrium (Wojciechowski et al., 2016). The driving forces will push the interdisciplinary team in a direction that changes, and they cause a shift in the equilibrium. The theory would help the interdisciplinary team identify the restraining factors and do away with them to create change. Besides, it would solve the communication issues between the healthcare workers that result in medical errors.
Leadership Strategies that Could Lead to an Interdisciplinary Solution
The appropriate leadership strategy that could enable the interdisciplinary team to find a solution to this issue is a patient-centered strategy that focuses on patient wellbeing and outcome (Smith et al., 2018). The strategy will help create an interdisciplinary solution by ensuring the interdisciplinary team work together to provide patients with care that is respectful of and open to the patient’s preference. The strategy is relevant to the issue. It would help patients know the surgical and transplantation procedures and the expected risks. The healthcare workers would work together to ensure they provide care that meets the patient's expectations.
Collaboration Approaches for Interdisciplinary Teams
The leadership approach to this issue is situational or contingency leadership approach (Manias, 2018). The hospital's team leader can take action regarding poor communication between the healthcare workers and develop a proper communication strategy that would bring workers together. Clear communication among healthcare providers would reduce cases of medical errors.
References
Manias, E. (2018). Effects of interdisciplinary collaboration in hospitals on medication errors: an
Integrative review. Expert opinion on drug safety, 17(3), 259-275. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2018.1424830
Smith, T., Fowler-Davis, S., Nancarrow, S., Ariss, S. M. B., & Enderby, P. (2018). Leadership in interprofessional health and social care teams: A literature review. Leadership in Health Services, 31(4), 452-467. doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1108/LHS-06-2016-0026
Wojciechowski, Elizabeth,PhD., P.M.H.C.N.S.-B.C., Pearsall, T., A.A.B., Murphy, Patricia, MSN,R.N., N.E.A.B.C., & French, Eileen, MSN,R.N., C.R.R.N. (2016). A case review: Integrating lewin's theory with lean's system approach for change. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 21(2), 13-1A,2A,3A,4A,5A,6A,7A,8A,9A,10A,11A,12A,13A. doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.3912/OJIN.Vol21No02Man04